Traditional logic

1. Why does Frankfurt think BS is worse than lying? Explain in detail. - Although both a liar and bullshitter are abusing the truth, Frankfurt believes that bullshitting is worse than lying because when someone tells a lie they are concerned about keeping the truth from the person/s they are lying to. A bullshitter does not care about these things. The only thing that matters to the bullshitter is being able to get away with not telling the truth. When someone lies, they always have to keep one eye on the truth so that they can continue to avoid it. A bullshitter, on the other hand, does not focus on keeping up with the truth because they have zero regard for the person who they are bullshitting. 2. Analyze McGinn’s moral argument and how it does or does not apply to the public policy issue of children’s advertising described in Consuming Kids. After reading McGinn’s moral argument about mindfucking, one can conclude that this concept does apply to the public policy issue of children’s advertising. Consuming kids is about how advertising targets children to make them believe that they need whatever it is being advertised. Mindfucking is a type of abuse that plays on people’s emotional sensitivities. For example: a commercial that has a bunch of kids playing with the new iPod touch and using words like cool and fun will create the message that in order to be “cool” one must own the new iPod touch. This concept is used not just in electronics but also with toys, food, and…

desire for power and control is innate for human beings. While psychoanalysis is initially liberatory by questioning this fundamental assumption of fascism, it still holds its' ghost by viewing that desire is fundamentally characterized by acquisition. Deleuze and Guattari are truly subversive by questioning this whole negative logic of desire. Through understanding desire as preceding the notion of the subject, Deleuze and Guattari provide an approach that is both revolutionary and…

For example, the original curriculum at Cambridge was divided into three groups: philosophy (moral, natural, mental), quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music), and trivium (grammar, rhetoric, and logic). In order to obtain a degree there, students had to know philosophy, rhetoric, and logic and had to test their knowledge of them in front of a public disputation. However, the Cambridge curriculum changed because the students were assigned in groups of four or five with a tutor, who…

Ideal for runners new to natural running, with the cushioning and support of a traditional shoe. Low-profile cushioning and a rounded heel encourage a natural footstrike. It’s the year 2016, and Nike is still advertising junk on their website. On average, these high-end shoes cost over $100, but these pricey shoes are not the only detriment to our runners, but also injuries. In the non-fictional narrative, Born to Run, journalist Christopher McDougall maintains the thesis that running companies,…

debate class has introduced these very important skills to me. Debate has taught me the most important skill is the understanding and ability to form a logical argument. Four years ago, freshman year, my knowledge of argument was immensely limited. Any dispute of which the opposition could talk enough about I would consider truthful. This particularly gullible mindset could have set me exceedingly far back behind my peers. I was very much aware of this weakness throughout my experiences.…

Outline and critically discuss Descartes’ dreaming argument and evil demon argument Descartes’ presents two sceptical arguments as part of his hopes of laying a solid Epistemology based foundation on which the sciences can be built. While the arguments themselves are valid there are issues with Descartes’ logic both in the finer detail of what he writes and in the bigger picture of his arguments. The dreaming argument consists of a line of reasoning based on our lack of ability to firmly know…

including Western Kentucky University, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Upon his death, Russell Moore, Dean of the School of Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, wrote a memorial in which he stated that Nash considered his work as spiritual warfare and understood the Gospel to be more that some scholarly game. Moore explained that Nash was like the Apostle Paul “taking on the wolves,” because real lives and souls were concerned. In…

Philosophy, in its simplest form is the pursuit of wisdom (merriam-webster.com). Throughout the ages, the world has seen many philosophers pursue this wisdom in many forms. Men like Plato, Aristotle and Socrates were all incredibly popular. With works such as the Apology Phaedo Symposium Republic by Plato and the whole idea of logic itself, it’s no wonder. Socrates in particular is incredibly well known. He was the teacher of many highly regarded men like Plato.Men who went on to teach people…

sisters. My sisters were, and still are in some ways, very similar to my image of the devil incarnate. They were very loud, annoying, and disrespectful. If they didn’t get what they wanted, they whined like a bear that had lost. I great at raising me, but my dad was growing extra grey hair from trying to raise my sisters. I refused to believe I was related to either of them, so over time, the only logical explanation that arose was that I was adopted. My mental capacity had not yet grown enough…

habit rather than reason. A few ideas have emerged which aim to solve these problems of induction. The first being the notion to follow Karl Popper’s view and refrain from using induction in science (Vickers, 2016). Popper also argued that sense observation was not the only legitimate source of knowledge and thus all sources should be used (Kelly, 2010). Another way for scientists to get around the problem is to remove induction from the guidelines of deduction. Hume assumed that deduction was…